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A. A. nAUeHERTY. APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING. GASOLENE AND OTHER PRDUCTS FRVOIVI HYDROCARYBONS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. |917.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

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loil or hydrocarbon underl ALVIN A. DAUGHEBTY, OF N EW YORK, N. ,Y.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that L'LVIN' A. DAUGi'iER'rY, a citizen of the United States, residinYg at New York city, in the county of New ork and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Apparatus for Producing asolene and @ther Products from Hydrocarbons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear` 'and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to an apparatus for producing gasolene, etc., from hydrocarbons and has for its object to provide a method which will be simple in its nature, comparatively easy to carry out and less expensive in operation than those which have been heretofore proposed.

With these and other objects in view'the invention consists in the novel steps and combinations of steps constituting the process, all as will be more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claim. I

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which the figure is a diagrammatic view illustrating one form of apparatus suitable for ca rrying out the invention, indicates any suitable apparatus forheating kerosene, crude oils, distillates and other hydrocarbons, such' for example, as that described and claimed in my copendinggr application #154362, tiled March 12, 1917, and entitled Process of and ap aratus for heating'oil.

i aid apparatus is suitable for heating the hydrocarbon raw material up to a temperature of say from 800 F. to 900 F or 1000o F. or. even 1200o F., and it is also constructed ini such a manner as to make 1t capable of standing pressures of from say 300 pounds, 400 pounds, or even 600 or 1000 pounds to the square inch.

The kerosene or other hydrocarbon after having passed through said apparatus is led off through the pipe 2, and preferably at a pressure of say about 500 pounds to the square inch, an at a temperature of say about 800 F. or 900 F. Said pipe 2 communicates with the still 3, into which the pressure is sprayed, as through the pipe 4 having a plurality of tine jets or nozzles 5.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

Application i'lled May 23, 1917. Serial No. 1.'?0,4$5.`

The pressure of the sprayed hydrocarbon 1n the still 3 is preferably reduced to substantially lthat of the atmosphere, or it may be even reduced below that of the atmosfornrof a liquid may be suitably heated asA by the furnace 10, and it is found in prac#I tice that, when kerosene is used, itsubstan- 'tially all evaporates, and its resulting Vapor is likewise passed over through the pipe 7 into the condenser 9.

In practiceq l'tind it very convenient to continue the fire in the furnace 10 under the still so that the process becomes continuous, in that the liquid 8 is evaporated about as fast as it. collectsl in the still 3.

llVlien residuums heavier than kerosene are employed there may be some material left in the still which it is not convenientv to evaporate, and such materials may be drawn oft' as through the pipe 12.

The vapors passing into the condenser 9 are readily condensed into the form of a,

liquid which is found to be gasolene of a very pure quality. Said gasolene is' conveniently drawn from the condensers 9, as by the pipe 13 into shipping containers.

lt should be observed that the heating ofmay vary the details of construction of the apparatus as well as the steps and combinations of steps constituting;r` the process, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention, and therefore, l' do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claim.

WhatI I claim istfor removing-said 'vapors from said last 10 ln an. apparatus for producing gasolene named means; additional heating means for from hydrocarbon oils the combination of vaporizing any liquid residue that may co1- means for heating said oils to temperatures lect in said last'named means; and means 5l above 700 F. and at pressures exceedingl into which said suction means discharges for 300 pounds to the square inch; means for condensing` Ainto a liquid form the vapors 15 permitting said heated oils to suddenly exthus produced, substantially as described. pand inzo vapors aia substantially the presln testimony whereof lf alix my signature. sure of' the atmosphere, a suction apparatus g ALVlIN A. DAUGHERTY. 

